1914-12-24 — Page 5

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1914

BY

TELEGRAPH.

¿Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

PORTUGAL PREPARING TO

ASSIST BRITAIN.

GERMANS INVADE ANGOLA,

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH

THE COMMAND OF THE "NORE.

New Appolaimant For Admiral, Callaghan.

LONDON, Dec. 23. Adwiral Sir George Callaghan, G.C.V.D, has been appointed Commander- in-Chief at the Nore, in succession to Admiral Sir Richard Pocre, K.C.B. --

The Turn states that the original arrangeswnt was for Admiral'Sir A. |Berkeley-Milna to succeed Admiral Poore in August last. That this has been departed from ja" doubtless due to the valuable experience Aulmimi Callaghan must have acquired at the Admiralty recently, and his appointment will be regarded with approval and satisfaction by the country.

TURKS DEFEATED BY THE RUSSIANS.

(British Foreign Official Telegram.)

The Russian Caucasus Staff report that the engagement with numerous. forces of Turks in the region of Van is developing lascurably. The enemy in a night attack on the village of Alageuse was répalsed and suffered great lossES.

CAPTURED BY "THE ** ASKOLD.!!

It is annarored by the Naval Headquarters at Petrograd that the cruiser Askold, formerly on the China Station, bas captured-a-German vaciel near Haifa, - and blown up two Turkish ships near Beirut.

GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA PENETRATED.

The South African Government apuunces that Union Forces are carrying out a recognaissance în forre in the regions of Aus and Gbabuh, German Sonth- BRITISH PENETRATE SOUTH WEST AFRICA. West Africa. The enemy territory has thus been penetrated for a considerable

LATEST NEWS FROM THE THEATRES

OF WAR.

PORTUGAL AND THE WAR.

PREPARING TO ASSIST BRITAIN.

Loxtos Deg 23 6pm Reuter's correspondent at Lisbon telegraphs that the Chamber has adapted a resolution of confidence in the Government to continue toi Sofend the public and to vigorously expedite the arrangements for the military defence of the Colonies and also the preparations for intervention

the wor by the side of Britain.

GERMANS ATTACK ANGOLA

Loxoox, Dec. 23, 6.15 p.

Henter is officially informed that Germans from South-West Afrien pre minding against Angola in force.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE TO RE-OPEN.

LONDON, Dec. 33.

It is officially stated that the London Stock Exchange re-opens on January 4.

THE OPERATIONS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

LONDON, Dec. 23, 1.30 am.

The Paris evening ocial announcement. sage:-.. North of Paibenleine to the south of Noyon the enemy on Monday evening de viclent counter-attacks but all were repulsed. We gained a footing at Boureuilles, south of Varennes. Our attacks were continued on Tuesday and appear to have secured our progress at Bourevilles and west of Venquois.

"..

THE STRUGGLE IN THE BASTERN THEATRE,

DESPERATE FIGHTING.

LONDON, Dec. 23.

The latest official announcement at Petrograd states that there was des worate fighting on the let inst. between the Lower Vistula and the River Alien. The German attacks were repulsed.

Vistula.

Two thousand Austrian were captured between Pilica and the Upper The operations in Galicia are developing in favour of the Russians Sorties from Przemyal hare been repulsed.

ALLIES CAPTURE 800 METRES IN FRANCE,

distance,

BOMBS DROPPED NEAR STRASSBURG.

LONDON, Dec 23.

An airman has dropped bombe in a suburb of Strassburg and bas dhas tome damage.

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.!

RAILWAY CAPITAL CHARGES,

Yote of Three and a Half-Laths.

The resciutise as much the matter to the Finutes Commitée, Seenuded by the Colonjal Treasurer was carried.

Cmine aljourned for a week.

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the China Jail)

CHINESE MINISTERS RECEIV- ED BY THE KING.

LONDON, Dec. 23.

B.. King George has received in. audience the departing Chinese Minister, H. E. Low Yuk Lin, and his successor EL E. Alfred Szą.

THEIR MAJESTIES LEAVE FOR SANDRINGHAM.

LONDON, Dec. 29, & p.m. Their Minjesties the King and Qetien have gone to Sandringham for Christmas. An enthusiastic

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"GIPSY BLOOD"

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ALSO

COMIC, INTERESTING & INDUSTRIAL FIT

LAST WEEK OF FLATT BROOKS. (Entertainers).

Thursday, 24th December

umad witnessed their departure from "GRAND XMAS TREE MATINEE 4 p■"

Loudon,

(Wak, Tas Yat Po's Service.)

MERCHANTS FOR PANAMA.

The

PERING, NOV. 22. Government has asked the Peking merchants to send thirty of their number to the Panama Exbibition in order that they may improve their commercial knowledge.

PROVINCIAL NOTES,

The Government has ordered the provincial authorities to issue cash notes. The notes laued by the banks') will be called in and cincelled.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

RULES.

The Colonial Secretary,, whe presided ion of Presidents will be proclaimed on The regalatians governing the elect- A meeting of the Legislative Council dealing with the financial solution Jannary 1. It has been decided that as held this afternoon, the garding mulway upitul rapenditure, the presidential term of office shall bo Governer,

Frane Henry May. said that on April 10, 1913, an among ten years, and that a President may be E.C.M.G.. presiding. There were aloof $4.00 under this het susanction-re-elected. present

el. Since then definite propusnis involv-,

Hon. Director of Public Works, Mr. A.F, CHURCHILL,"

Hon. Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

Me.

H. E. the General Officer Commandiuzing capital expenditur halben approved. the Troope, Major-General F. H. Kety, The Kowloon terämai station was put C.E.

ig at $250200 and up to the cul of this Hon Atterney General, Mr. J. H.your $98,450 had been exponded. To the KEST

statement now prentell typhoon dani- Hon. Colonial Treasurer, Mr. E. D. 18155.55143) had been relungil to C. WOLFY.

the lowest possible figure it Was | rrulised after the typhoon of August 1913 that males curtain banks between Taipo and Fanling were thoroughly wingtina- ed the line might become really danger C..

The estimate of the extension of joz yurd and engine, shed was a reduced estimmte of the bucklinds required. The item of $70,000 for quarters for the staff was explained by M.H, the Governor when the estimates were fore the Council, The principle general in China of giving | I quartets to railway stuffs had been adopt. , mad the estimate was an outside ope. An item was included for the purchase

E. R. HALLIFAX.

Hon. Capt. Supt. of Police, Mr. McI. MESSER.

Hon. Mr. Wer Fox, C.M.G.

Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewaar, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. Lau CBC PAR

Hon. Mr. E. SHELLI.

Hor. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.Ü.

Hon. Mr. DAVID LANDALE.

the

FINANCIAL MINUTES"

די

WAR NEWS.

FIGHT TO A FINISH.

Lord Haldane's View.

**FOR DER RIGHTS."

London, Dec. 11. Lord Haldane, in a speech, delivered in London, emphasised the fact that."We | 414 lighting, alongside the splendid army of France for our rights, and we shall fight to the finish,"

LIEUTENANT PRINCES.

Royal. Promations.

London, Dec. 11. Leopold of Battenberg have been promotes H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and Prined lieutenants.

THE DOYER STORY.

Loudon, Dec. 12/---Thero in no official

The following recommendations for finna a motor vouch. The question of how cial votes were received from H. E. the to save expense and yet provide for pas Governor and referred to the Finnes sera laty at night arid at x hour Committee

$269 in aid of the vote Judicial had been under consideration for some and Legal Departments, E-ffice of time, and it had at last heend.cided Crown Soliciter and Land Registry. that to purchase such a couch whien personal emoluments, Unicial Receiver would provide for first and third class and Registrar of Trade Marks, Acting passengers and yet save the staff working aid of Deputy Official Rocairer. $540- in Works Department: Uther Farges was the best plan." It was hoped that following vote-Pable and the cost of a heavy tenin

the following votes:-Pablic Works, Re for the new station to cost $28,290, hat Electric fans and light. $40; transport and this would bring in revenue at no great travelling expenses. 8000: $3,000 in aid of expenditure. The system of signalling current: Hergkong:-Maintenance of public recreation grounds, $149;

9119; how be adopted on expert advice. fenn:- Maintenance of

Hon. Mr. Hewett expressed the opinion tree.. water works, 82,045: New Territories: Maintenance of that it would have been mors antisfactory roads and bridges, 20: Typhoon and hat Government, hop,

that this rainstorm damages-mainland and i Janda

money would have to ho spent, hal in

At Terche le Shurlus after a lively entronade and two assaults wo$1.800orthern District, 8750; eluded it in the estimates in October

-captured the last section of the German line, the average gain being 800 Public Works Extraordinary Hongkong: 1913.

aid of the following votes: metres. In the last line of trenches taken we captured a detachment of Survey of Colony S5 Kowloomis quick-firing guns. men and equipment. Here we repulsed a vigorous celleneous work, 91, 100; New Territories: could not have been put in the Colonial The Colonial Secretary said the amount! Counter-attack. We also made progress to the north-east of Beausejour, miscellaneous works, 2305; 89,817.07. intiates as it was not ordinary. Colonial

-fencing round Police Stations, 8120; where the sitesay once more made an unsuccessful counter-attack. There aid of the vote Public Works, extra-experliture. has been an appreciable advance in the vicinity of Bois de la Grurie over ordinary, Rescioption of land for Guit

a trench front of 100 metres, with a depth varying to 250 metres. We courana at Fan Láng blow up two German lines here by saps and occupied the excavations thus formed.

Fighting is proceeding in the region of Bourguilles, but the results scored yesterday, which were of somnu importance, do not appear to have

cen altogether maintained.

There is nothing to report, elsewhere.

IN-NORTH BELGIUM.

RAILWAY EXPENDITURE.

The Colonial Secretary introduced the following resolution:

It is herchy resolved that" a sum € 8318,866,93 budvanced out of fundis in the custody of the Govern ment for the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British See tion) during the year 1014.

confirmation of the submatie attack on tions but they are wasunvincing as the flover. Various papers contain descrip

The number of momarines said to have attack is described as happening at five clock in the morning in rain and haze.

been hit and, sunk varies from one to

THE VICTORIA" CROSS

Succonzing the Wounded.

London, Dee. 11. The Victoria Crops awarded to Lance- Corporal Dolu, of the 2nd Coklstream Tion. Mr. Hewett observed that the Guards, was for conspicuous, gallantry on Colony had to speard the moary and September 29, when twice, under a heavy some provision might have been made fire, he brought into cover wounded men earlier for it. He did not say this who had been lying exported in the open. ABY quibbbling seemed bad.

My but the policy

AN EXPROFITABLE -DELL,

In the course of further disadon the Colonial Secretary explained that $14,000 of one item, write back of town, of stores A Paris communique states that yesterday slight progress was made

falxitionelTM by erastruction C.8.0." in between the sun and the road from Nieuport to Westende, und also in raught forward so late in the year,ynamite used blasting unmis dur. He expressed reret that the resolution! XX, was due to a loss on the resale of the districts of Steenstrate Bixschoote, where we captured a wood, explaining that it was shielly due to theing construction of the line. Much more some houses and a redoubt. The communique adds that in co-operation auger having been on leave sines April. dynamite was bought than was so and with British troops, the French captured the village of Givenchyless did not propose to move the resolu. the remainder was sold to the people Bassee. A thick fog prevailed in the Arras district and this checked tion now, but in accordance with the from whom is was bought at a loss of the activities of the troops. There have been artillery engagements to usual practice to refer it to the Finance 814,0 the east of Amiens, along the river, Aisne und in Champagne.

PROGRESS COMPLETELY MAINTAINED.

A Paris evening communique atutes:-

It is officully announced that the progress of our attacks between

Committee for canskteration. Explaining

The expenditure was uppinsel, and

We have been informed by the Const Inspector 4 follows on the subject of min, says Shipping and Engineering:

On November 22 three suspicions objects were sighted in the neighbourhood of the

were floating and derelicte new prohally a mine. These objects Tungah Light vessel, of which at al Greats

Admiral Lee Ting-sing immediately sent

oats gun-boat to search for mines, and for four days without result. Reveral local shipping firms were informed concerning this reseel patrolled the neighbouring water

the possibility of danger and concerning | the procantions that wore being taken, to possibility. Following the precedent formed in the Rasso-Japanese war no public notification on the subject was issued in order to avoid annecessarily and unduly alarming the travelling public. Regarding the financial nuts of In low, however, of an article which

the

sarious items, he drew attention to one note was made of the point raised by meet the ef $40,580.79 fer cost of our locoranda, Mr. Hewett

carriage under-frames, nol in stock, oil

and other stores, and said that no regards

the last three items on the outbreak of

HOLE COURSE PAPENDITURE

the Meuse and the Argonne were almost completely maintained.

Our front in that region reached the wire entanglements of the enemytty of uil and stores were purchased as Fauling golf courses, thus Colchist Serrsnitsat, giving currency to certain rumours ww 1,000 tons of coal and u larg qua0617.0 for resumption of land for appeared in the Chiness Fiess of the 13th st the south-west of Salient Bois Forges, to the east of Cuisy, which faturn prices med uzcertain, and runs along the road lending from Bois to Boureuilles. There was no these were used the working account their land under ons less from Gover.

tory explained that it had been thought purpose. Thafollowing statement is there this Felicence no Imgur serves a useful other incident of importance.

desirable that the Club should hold fore made spala

(French Government Telegram vis Peking.)

THE PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES.

would be debited and capital secuntment and the land they originally held, stores in suspenses, uredited with their previous to the recent agreement for post. The foeomotive and under-frame development, had hova resumed, at the at would be transferred to the proper cost shown. The Government would get column as soon as the cost of freight and per cent, on this land ur on that Insurance could be excertained.

ently leased.

The

It is considered that if the objecte reported were mines, they were anpes which bad, broken adrift from the neighbourhood of Tsingtao, and drifted down the ment off the Yangtse, from which position cost antilthey came within the influence of the tidal wave. It is impossible to say whither they Cisco November 22 no further suspicious bjosta been reported The story that the repute stemmer-Liubting hed THERE is no danger whatever from tion in view it is considered that the chance

soon or sunk a mine is untrue. O

Having all the circumstances of the situn look is or hand pain posting of further mine leior adrift off the ap

GERM DESTROYER,

Ga the 20th inst., steady progress was made by the Allies in the regions acquisition of this selling stock would of St George's and North-East of Dixmode.. The Germans bombardied Ypres complete the equipment of the railway Hospital, The Alliss carried a wood east of Lens, occupying all the first line in this respect and no further chores trs. of German trenches, The Germans bombarded Arraz, Fronch artillery blew capital accout would be necessary, up at Thelai, horth of Arraz, an ammunition depot, shattered at Carnoy roms any renewals would be charged to on- German trenches and upset & battery established near Ham. Freach artillery nary annual eject. An Itun of aleci cannonzded very actively and with accuracy the enemy's trenches north 84.190.36 for extension of engines from a wound when Chamberlain's Pain branches to this pork, in very small. ward of Vic-sur-Aisne and acquired the advantage on the Aisne and Itheime and los gard did not include the cost Relm ie pe mlly applied. It is an antisap- sector, The French progress was very appreciable in Prosnes, Perthes and of dortain additional Land required, but to and destroy the remote indicative of the law of the inak Bonsejour regions; also on all the frent between Argonne and the, Meuse it, rae antisipated that it would be these disen-ds. It also cane wounds in Department, it may be stated that the Franch troops crossed the Chapper rivalot and established themselves at 500 acquired by exelung of Crown and the heal without amteration and in ann shinestrictions on night navigation of revenue involved, which is hold by the Marine metres Ayand the enemy's direction in the outskirts of Varennes, and comulus of which roull be debited here the time required by the cadal treatment, steamers which was at first imposed have pelled the Germans to evacuate their trenches on the right bank of Aire.

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